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Following Garlin to some interesting places — because why not?
The comedian Jeff Garlin is never happy unless he actually starts his prepared material — well, what passes for his prepared material — at approximately the time his show was scheduled to end. Over two decades of reviewing his elongated...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Spirit Airlines
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A very full load of nominees for this year's Equity Jeff Awards
Apparently confronted by a plethora of riches in the past season of Chicago theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee offered up not the traditional four or five nominees one finds at the Tony Awards, for instance, but a bevy of nominees for its...
Tags: Jackie Wilson, Music, Goodman Theatre, Condos and Houses, Marvin Gaye
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2012 in review: Teamwork enlivens the theater world
Could the theater artist of 2012 really be … Samuel Beckett? Well, the 1969 Nobel Prize winner had stiff competition this year from Anton Chekhov, dead for more than a hundred years but more alive than ever onstage. Chekhov's early play "Ivanov"...
Tags: Clybourne Park (play), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Nobel Prize Awards, Arts and Culture, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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"The Dining Room" Opens 2013 Westport Playhouse Season of Comedy
Hartford CourantWestport Country Playhouse will present “a celebration of laughter” with its 2013 season of five comic productions -- ranging from wild farce to dark humor -- playing next year from April through October. The 83rd year of the theater will...Tags: Entertainment, Westport Country Playhouse, George Kelly, Lucille Ball, Comedy (genre)
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'Book of Mormon' announces Chicago cast, including James Vincent Meredith
NEW YORK — The Chicago cast of the satirical musical "The Book of Mormon" will feature Nic Rouleau, the current star of the Broadway company, in the central role of Elder Price, along with Ben Platt (known for his work in the movie “Pitch...
Tags: Matt Stone, Entertainment, Comedy Central (tv network), Music, The Book of Mormon (musical)
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Balena, Yusho on Bon Appetit's Best New Restaurants list
Tribune criticBon Appetit just released its 50 Best New Restaurants list, and two Chicago newcomers made the cut. Andrew Knowlton, who writes the magazine's BA Foodist column, praised Balena (1633 N. Halsted St., 312-867-3888), mentioning its proximity to...Tags: Yusho, Chicago Restaurants, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking
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Meet the cast of Chicago's 'Book of Mormon'
Tribune reporterWe spoke with three actors in the Chicago company of “The Book of Mormon,” now at the Bank of America Theatre. James Vincent Meredith as Mafala Hatimbi James Vincent Meredith is the ranking Chicagoan in the cast, a longtime Chicago stage...Tags: Broadway Theater, Music, Arts and Culture, Music Theater, Wicked (musical)
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Steppenwolf announces Garage Rep companies
Bailiwick Chicago, Buzz22 Chicago and Theatre Seven of Chicago will have all shows in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's annual Garage Rep Rep repertory series, slated to begin in February. Bailiwick will produce Michael John LaChiusa's chamber musical...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88
Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went out of his way to avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles...
Tags: Muhal Richard Abrams, Music, Folklore and Mythology, Tetanus, Jazz (genre)
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On New York stages, a year full of letdowns
The year 2012, as Queen Elizabeth II might have said, was quite the annus horribilis on Broadway. Especially after the leaves started to turn. Consider the less-than-regal disappointments. "The Anarchist," the polemical new play by David Mamet, closed...Tags: William Shatner, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Music, Peter and the Starcatcher (play), Fiction
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Tracy Letts plays his part in illuminating Edward Albee's 'Woolf'
NEW YORK — Tracy Letts has his hands full these days writing plays and preparing for the release of the movie version of his Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama, "August: Osage County." But he's added another formidable task to his agenda: elucidating...Tags: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Clybourne Park (play), Tony Awards, Elizabeth Taylor, Human Interest
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Arts groups to benefit from grant
Tribune reporterOn Tuesday at the headquarters of the Yollocalli Arts Reach program in Pilsen, Alex Aguilar was hunched over a piece of 8-by-11 paper, carefully outlining the word “Chicago” in cursive. He drew the city skyline rising from the tops of the...Tags: National Museum of Mexican Art, Arts and Culture, Arts, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Pilsen
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